Begründung
[bəˈɡʁʏndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Begründung” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,804
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das ins Leben rufen von etwas, Gründung
Corpus desk
Index DE-begrundung · Begründung · German
Begründung · rank #2,804 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,804
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Aufklärung
Nearest frequency peer: Aufklärung (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Begründung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Absicht
Absicht
97,200 corpus weight
- aufgestellt
aufgestellt
97,199 corpus weight
- Aufklärung
Aufklärung
97,198 corpus weight
- Begründung
Begründung
97,197 corpus weight
- behaupten
behaupten
97,196 corpus weight
- bezeichnen
bezeichnen
97,194 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Begründung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Begründung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈɡʁʏndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Begründung” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Begründung (IPA [bəˈɡʁʏndʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,804 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Begründung, with forms such as "bbegründung", "beggründung", and "begrnüdung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Begründungen", "begründen", "Begrenzung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Begründung, spelled B-E-G-R-Ü-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das ins Leben rufen von etwas, Gründung
- 2Angabe von Gründen, Rechtfertigung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Begründung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Träumen heute wirklich weniger Menschen von der Begründung einer eigenen Familie?
Warum hast Du das gemacht? Gib mir doch bitte eine Begründung!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbegründung
- beggründung
- begrnüdung
- begrründung
- begrüdnung
- begründdung
- begründnug
- begründugn
- begründungg
- begründunng
- begrünndung
- begrünudng
- begürndung
- bergündung
- bgeründung
- ebgründung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Begründung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Begründung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Begründung". Here's where to go from here.
- "Begründung" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Begründungen". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,804 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.